Shy student Penny Taylor always follows the rules. At least, that’s how it appears to her classmates. But she has one illicit secret – she’s fallen hard for her professor. And she’s pretty sure he’s fallen for her too.Everyone loves Professor Hunter. He’s tall, dark, and handsome. And completely unobtainable. But it’s the secrets hiding behind his deep brown eyes that allures Penny. Secrets … Secrets darker than she could ever imagine.
James Hunter gave up his billionaire lifestyle in NYC last year to become a professor. The easiest new rule to follow: don’t fraternize with the students. It’s easy to follow because he’s become quite the recluse in his new town – the only way he knows how to keep his secrets buried.
But he never expected to be teaching such a beautiful student. He has to resist her. He needs to walk away. Penny deserves better than a man with his demons. But she’s daring him to cross the line. And he’s never been one to resist temptation.
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BY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR IVY SMOAK
★★★★★ “Professor Hunter is a total heartthrob.”
★★★★★ “SCORCHING HOT!”
★★★★★ “Holy sexiness that teacher is yummy.”
★★★★★ “Full of scandal!”
★★★★★ “The best series I have read in a while.”
★★★★★ “If you like Fifty Shades of Grey then this is the book for you!”
★★★★★ “OMG this book was amazing!”
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I usually don’t read romances that expose so much, but the characters truly jumped out at me. I loved both Mr. Hunter and Penny. I don’t know if I’ve ever rooted more for a couple.
This book will pull u in and then it’s impossible to stop until you’ve read the entire series.
It appears that shy student Penny Taylor always follows the rules. She has one illicit secret. She has fallen for Professor James Hunter who is tall, dark and handsome. Penny is sure he has fallen for her too, but he is completely unobtainable. He gave up a billionaire lifestyle in NYC last year to become a professor. He has become a recluse; that is the only way he knows how to keep his secrets buried. He never expected to be teaching such a beautiful student. He feels that Penny deserves better than a man with his demons. She is daring him to cross the line. He has never been one to resist temptation. – Penny is an immature 19-year old student, and James is a mature 27-year-old professor. She needs to have more life experience, and he needs to take care of personal problems before they can bet together long term. I presume that will work out in books 2-4 which cost $21. I will not be buying those. The first two parts of book 1 were okay, but I didn’t like part 3. I prefer books that are not cliffhangers and books without so many difficulties. Some people will like this though.
This was my second read by Ivy Smoak, I started with Made of Steel and was waiting for the next installment. I joined her Facebook page and heard everyone talking about the Hunted series. Well, since I loved the first book I had read, I dived into Temptation. This was back in 2017. I am just now writing a review because at that time I did not realize how important reviews were to the authors.
I absolutely loved this entire series! I do not understand why people give a bad review because a book ends on a cliffhanger. It is easy to see if a book is a standalone or in a series, either by the blurb or the reviews. Also, the author gives you the first book free so you can see if you like It or not. If you do, then, no brainer, but the next book. You don’t buy it if you don’t. I happened to live this series!
Teacher/student trope is one of my favorite, and Penny and James are dynamite together!. Their chemistry is so palpable and the heat simmered off my Kindle! I think everyone has had a crush on a teacher at some time or another, so it is a fantasy come true to get to live it vicariously thru this couple. Yes, there is a cliffhanger. Yes, I bought the next book. And the succeeding books! That’s what a good story and author will get you to do! At least you don’t have to wait on them. They are all available now!!!
This is a definite FIVE STAR Read!! So get to reading, y’all!
James Hunter can spill coffee on me anytime…as long as he gives me his sweater afterward.
Temptation held my attention, thanks to all the drama, lies and the oh-so-sexy Professor Hunter. I would have loved more of him and his point of view. This story is only in Penny’s POV, and I think it made connecting with the characters on a deeper level difficult. Still, it wasn’t a deal-breaker for me. The forbidden nature of the student/teacher relationship was enough to keep me reading.
I loved James Hunter. Period, nothing more to say about him.
Penny was immature, but given the complex nature of the web she’d found herself in with Professor Hunter and Tyler, her actions and state of mind was realistic to me. I could see being 19 and confused about the emotions she was feeling with two sexy guys vying for her attention and being attracted to both. Penny struggled to believe that the handsome, sophisticated, RICH professor wanted her more than just for her body. She wondered, ‘Why me?’ quite a bit…as any young woman would. Hell, I even think some mature women might wonder the same if in her shoes.
Though I did feel jerked around a bit with the back and forth, “I want him, he’s an asshole, I hate him, I want him,” it wasn’t so off-putting that I stopped reading. I was even up until 2 am reading last night! Now I need more!
WARNING: There is a cliffy at the end. I’m off to read Addiction!!
Love this first book of the series, I have read it numerous times. Love it.
One of the best books I have read.
I love all of her books. Definitely recommend this series
It can be difficult finding a novel that is both panty dropping and well written. The Hunted Series uses great dialogue with well edited grammar to tell us a sexy story of true love. The characters are well developed, giving me a crystal clear view as I am reading. Most of all Smoak’s series is sexy sexy sexy!!!
Loved the series!
Over the top dumb.
meh!
I really don’t like fractional books. This book was delivered free to my kindle and I gave it a chance. While I thought the plot was very good, the writing was repetitive. The author was purposely stretching the story out. Please don’t insult my intelligence by making a plot line stretch so that I will purchase more fractions of your story. This gimmick is giving independent writers a bad reputation. Tricks don’t sell books, unique stories and good writing sells books.
Penny has a steamy affair with her college professor, who has similarities to Christian Gray (minus the BDSM tendencies). There are 3 more books that chronicle their life together.
There are books you can’t put down and then there are books like Temptation. Be prepared to get sucked into Penny and James’ story. Their love, their passion for each other, it’s… captivating. Reading this book, I didn’t care about emails or social media or anything else, I just had to. KEEP. READING.
Amazing series – couldn’t put it down!!! Read the whole series and I am waiting for the finals book to be released in 2019. Anything by Ivy is amazing.
I downloaded book 1, Temptation, for free on Kindle thinking this was a standalone. I become so engrossed in the story and didn’t mind when I discovered at the end that this was the first book of a series and I needed to be read all of them to complete the story of Penny and James. I headed straight to Amazon and download the next 3 books, Addiction, Eruption, and Devotion. I consumed all 4 books in one weekend and went to work on the Monday after having just 2 hours sleep as I couldn’t sleep until I’d read the rest of book 4. It was months ago since I read a series of books so frantically and everything else was put aside so I could just sit and read. The story of Penny and James does continue with a fifth book, The Light To My Darkness, but I’m unsure if I’ll read it yet as I’m currently happy with the way things ended in book 4
This is the 1st part of Penny & James’ story. It’s hot, emotional and so well-written! This is by far my favorite professor/student story, in fact, one of my favorites in general.
Penny is a smart, strong, independent student who literally runs into her professor at a coffeeshop, although unknowingly. She doesn’t realize he’s her professor at the time. She’s instantly attracted to him, and he’s sweet enough to offer her his sweater to put on over her top that had the coffee spilled onto it.The next day in class she hears his voice saying “Welcome to Comm 212 – Oral Communication in Business. I am Professor Hunter.” What progresses is the sexy, flirty, forbidden start to their relationship.
Seriously cannot wait to see how this all ties up.
I couldn’t put this book down. It was very easy to read and can’t wait to read the next in this series.
I couldn’t wait for the rest of this series to be available.